Throughout its history, the United States has intervened in the Southern Cone countries —directly and indirectly, armed or unarmed— to change governments and ensure its own objectives are prioritised. This ever-current topic will be on the table on 4th March. Natacha Andueza Bosch Indeed, according to an […]
Author: ThePrisma
The disappearing world of the Penans
A brief encounter with a Penan is burned into my memory. I was following a pathway, a mere stroll before darkness fell in the Kelabit Highlands in Sarawak where I was on a two-day trek. Sean Sheehan He stepped out of the trees on one side, about to […]
City Time, or ‘spending time in the city’
Thinking more about the nature of urban time, following from my two previous columns, I realise there is an expression of simultaneity in the city’s plurality. Steve Latham There are so many time-lines, happening at the same ‘time’; no single mapping of meaning onto the diversity, but a […]
Shocking child abuse in paradise
In the beauty of the Pacific Islands, its hard to imagine that the sparse populating making up its fourteen island states have one of the highest rates of child abuse in the world. Around four million children are victims of mistreatment in the home. In Fiji, 71% of children have been subjected to physical violence and/or psychological abuse, while in the Solomon Islands, this number reaches 72%, and is even higher in Vanuatu (78%) and Kiribati (81%).
International meeting to seek unity to put an end to the blockade
Organisations and people in the United States who advocate for lifting the blockade on Cuba will hold an important event next March, aimed at joining forces to battle against this almost six decade-long policy. Martha Andrés Román The International Conference to Normalise Relations with Cuba and the United […]